Reds aim to end five-year drought
Did you know five years have passed since a Liverpool player scored against Fulham at Anfield? Get all the pre-match statistics ahead of the game with the Cottagers courtesy of club statto Ged Rea.
Last season, Fulham won at Anfield for the first time in their history. Martin Skrtel's sixth-minute own goal gave the Cottagers a famous win in the 50th league meeting between the teams.
Overall in the Premier League, Liverpool have won 12 and drawn four of the 22 meetings.
Liverpool's biggest win over Fulham in the league came in November 1955 when they won 7-0 with Billy Liddell scoring twice.
Their biggest top-flight victory in this fixture came in March 2006 when the Reds won 5-1.
The only Liverpool player to score a hat-trick in this fixture at Anfield is Billy Liddell. He did so in September 1954 with the help of two penalties. The only other player to score three against Fulham in the league was Maxi Rodriguez, who achieved the feat in a 5-2 win in London in May 2011.
Jamie Carragher, with 18, has made more appearances for Liverpool against Fulham than any other player in the Reds' history. He has scored once - in a 4-0 win in December 2006.
Liverpool have scored one goal in the last four home league games with Fulham and that came courtesy of John Pantsil, who scored an own goal - the Reds' only win over the Londoners in the last four Anfield meetings.
The last Liverpool player to score in this Anfield fixture was Steven Gerrard, whose penalty completed a 2-0 win in November 2007. He and Fernando Torres scored in the final 10 minutes.
The Reds have had four players red-carded against Fulham in the Premier League era, all at Craven Cottage - Josemi (2004), both Philipp Degen and Jamie Carragher (2009) while Jay Spearing was dismissed last season.
Liverpool last won their final fixture before Christmas in 2007 when they beat Portsmouth 4-1 at Anfield.
Liverpool have won two of their last nine league games against London opposition, while at Anfield they have beaten teams from the capital once in the last five clashes.
Luis Suarez needs one goal to equal his league total for the whole of last season - 11.
It is now 30 games in all competitions since Liverpool were last awarded a penalty.
Fulham recorded their first ever league double over Liverpool last season, winning both games 1-0. Clint Dempsey scored the only goal in the win at Craven Cottage.
No Fulham player has scored in their last six visits to Anfield - Martin Skrtel scored their goal last season and the only men to net for them on this ground in the Premier League era (11 visits) are Andy Cole (2005) and Collins John (2006).
The Cottagers have won once at Anfield in 31 visits in all competitions.
Fulham could make history by beating Liverpool in a third successive league game for the first time.
Fulham have scored 18 goals in 22 Premier League meetings with the Reds, with 15 of those coming in the capital.
Dimitar Berbatov is the last player to score a hat-trick against Liverpool - for Manchester United at Old Trafford in September 2010.
Berbatov is Fulham's joint top-scorer this season with five - but has not found the net in his last six games.
Mladen Petric also has five goals, with his last two coming when he has come off the bench.
John Arne Riise played 348 times for Liverpool, scoring 31 goals - though he never managed to score against Fulham in 11 appearances.
Fulham have conceded 18 away goals in the Premier League this season - only Southampton going into this round of fixtures have a worse record.
The Cottagers have kept just one clean sheet in their last nine league games - at Chelsea last month.
Mark Clattenburg takes charge of a Liverpool game for the first time since last season's League Cup Final win at Wembley, while Fulham are unbeaten in the last seven games he has refereed.